Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usTue, 24 Jul 2012 01:08:01 +0000Dotted Lines: "The (Secret) City of London"http://www.dailydot.com/upstream/dotted-lines-city-of-london/<p><img src='http://cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/0f/c1/0fc18b27d872a6ae57f45baa2a2c9124.jpg'></p><p>
<em>Every evening, the Daily Dot delivers a selection of links worth clicking from around the Web, along with the day&#39;s must-see image or video. We call it Dotted Lines.</em></p>
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Australia&rsquo;s Sex Party <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/sex-party-threatens-google-after-ad-spat-20120720-22e11.html">threatens to sue Google</a> for refusing to run their racy campaign ads.<br />
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Facebook is testing a &ldquo;subscribe&rdquo; feature that would allow you to follow pages <a href="http://allfacebook.com/pages-subscribe_b95283">without officially &ldquo;liking&rdquo; them</a>.<br />
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The EU is preparing to debate <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=noticeandaction">an official procedure for copyright holders to send takedown notices</a> to websites, much like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the U.S.<br />
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The <em>New York Times</em> explains <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/reddit-aurora-shooter-aff/">how Reddit scooped major media outlets</a> on Friday&rsquo;s tragic shootings in Aurora, Colo.<br />
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says he wants to see developers build features <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/23/3180005/twitter-ceo-dick-costolo-walled-garden">&ldquo;into&rdquo; Twitter, not on top of it.</a> Meanwhile, Wired explains why <a href="http://www.wired.com/business/2012/07/twitter-crackdown-may-be-not-so-bad-as-feared-but-fud-persists/">things may not be as dire as they seem</a> for third-party Twitter apps.<br />
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Gay hookup site Grindr may not have <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/news/grindr-olympic-athletes/">ruined the Olympics</a>, but <a href="http://www.blackbookmag.com/shopping/grindr-has-officially-ruined-fire-island-1.51027">it did ruin Fire Island</a>, according to patrons of &nbsp;the famous gay hotspot. Why travel when you can meet people from the comfort of your iPhone?</li>
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<strong>Above:</strong> Just in time for the London Games, YouTube&rsquo;s resident explainer, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey?feature=watch">C.G.P. Grey</a>, clues us in on the difference between London and The City of London.</p>
jay@dailydot.com (Jay Hathaway)Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:08:01 +0000http://www.dailydot.com/upstream/dotted-lines-city-of-london/Upstream